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The Tennessee Dairy Promotion Committee will meet Oct. 11 at 10 a.m. CDT in the Holiday Inn Express, located at 1228 Bunker Hill Road in Cookeville, Tenn.

Employees with the Tennessee Department of Human Services and other state agencies are helping raise awareness of the problem of hunger in Tennessee with a hunger and wellness walk through downtown Nashville. Participants will be easy to spot wearing the color orange to recognize Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month, which runs through the end of September.

A Meigs County woman is now facing her sixth round of TennCare fraud charges.

It may still feel like summer, but the calendar tells a different story.

NASHVILLE – In the wake of flooding from Hurricane Florence, consumers shopping for a vehicle should be aware that flood-damaged cars and trucks from the Carolinas will eventually surface in Tennessee. To raise awareness, the Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission, which is part of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance’s (TDCI) Regulatory Boards division, is warning consumers to be on alert for scammers who might disguise severely water-damaged vehicles as being perfectly good.

A Mississippi woman is charged with TennCare fraud for falsely reporting her residence in order to obtain benefits from Tennessee’s taxpayer-funded program.

A Knox County man is charged for the third time with doctor shopping for prescriptions, using TennCare state healthcare insurance benefits as payment.

A Knox County woman is charged in Jefferson County with doctor shopping for prescription drugs, using TennCare as payment for the pills.

NASHVILLE – Over 90 newly certified officers will graduate from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) on Friday, September 28, 2018. The graduation ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. (CT) at Al Menah Shrine Temple (1354 Brick Church Pike, Nashville, TN).

The National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) today honored a veteran state budget official with a prestigious national award. Charles Brown, budget coordinator for revenue and taxes, received NASBO’s George A. Bell Award in a ceremony at the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower. The award recognizes state budget personnel for outstanding contributions and service to public budgeting and management in state government.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen today announced that all 147 school districts in Tennessee have completed the first-ever statewide assessment of school facilities and safety procedures. Additionally, all districts have submitted applications to receive their allocations of the $35 million school security funding and may now use these funds to implement identified school security and safety needs. “We have made security for children at our schools a priority, so there was an urgency to have all schools assessed and the funding allocated to increase school safety as we started the school year,” Haslam said. “I thank the members of the School Safety Working Group for their work to identify solutions, the General Assembly for making these funds available, and state and local public safety officials for promptly completing the assessments.”

NASHVILLE – Does paying $150 to obtain a certificate of existence for a business seem pricey? It might seem reasonable but, in fact, that service and others are actually available free of charge or at minimal cost through governmental agencies.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced today that three universities in Tennessee will receive funding and program support through additional Veteran Reconnect Grant awards to assist veterans and service members in their pursuit of college degrees. Austin Peay State University, Fisk University, and Tennessee Technological University will join 14 colleges and universities who received Veterans Reconnect Grants in for the 2018-2019 academic year.

The Tennessee Pest Control Licensing and Advisory Board will meet Oct. 1, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. CDT in the conference room of the Porter Building at Ellington Agricultural Center, located at 436 Hogan Road in Nashville, Tenn. The meeting is open to the public.